How To Replace Damaged Cedar Shake Siding

Take the replacement board fit it in place image 2 and nail it in with a hammer using galvanized nails.

How to replace damaged cedar shake siding.

Remove the freed piece of damaged cedar siding. Cut or chisel through the sides of the panel and remove the lower half. If there was ever a perfect time to replace your old cedar siding with james hardie siding or even vinyl siding it is when you are looking to spend thousands of dollars to repair a product that is going to continue costing money. A slater s ripper is a specialized tool you can slide under the siding and use to hook and pull the nails out.

Push up on the panel to unlock it and then pull down to remove the damaged panel. Normally a cedar shake will have 2 nails fastening it. Lets make this easy if we were to put siding on two identical houses side by side one with james hardie. Pry the nails out of the nail hem of the damaged panel.

Force open the damaged cedar shake by inserting a blade beneath the bottom edge of the shingle. If you plan to remove only damaged pieces of siding and replace them with new siding you still. Siding removal set the stepladder close to the house. Check the condition of the sheathing in place.

Flip the panel over and cut 1 8 off the side locking tabs. Step 4 cut flashing. Make sure that both materials are fastened in position. Use a pencil or chalk board to make a reference point for the transition board.

Be sure to nail into the existing holes on the adjacent siding. Step 4 sample the old cedar. Damaged panel cut a large rectangle out of the damaged panel. A hacksaw blade saw is a narrow toothed saw blade mounted to a handle.

Slide the hacksaw blade saw underneath the siding and use it to saw the exposed nail shafts. If it is necessary replace damaged or spoiled sheathing. Step 3 remove the damaged cedar. Start at the top of the wall and work down.

Normally one can shift the shingle back and forth using a blade or a wide metallic instrument while pulling it away from the boxing. Nail straight down on the replacement board in order to hit studs.